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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are a group of researchers from the Enhancing Ability Lab at Cornell Tech, Cornell <span style="font-size: 12pt;">University’s new campus located in NYC</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
We are seeking </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">participants for one of our user studies that will help us develop </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">novel interaction</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> technologies using wearables</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
The study </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">will only consist of one session. Please see below for details about the study.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Objective: </b>study and improve how blind people use their mobile phones on the go.</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Participation criteria:</b> must be at least 18 years old, functionally blind, and regularly use</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">smartphones.</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What to bring:</b> Please bring your smartphone. You will be asked to perform a few simple tasks</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on your phone such as checking the time, opening a text editor/notepad, etc. We will not ask</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you to disclose any private content on your phone.</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Location: </b>111 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Time:</b> Please contact Catherine (cf422 @cornell.edu ) to set up an appropriate time. Times are</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Duration:</b> approximately 2 hours.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will pay up to $30 for transportation expenses if participants require assistance with</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">transportation to the location of the study. As a token of our appreciation, participants will be</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">compensated with $40 ($20 per hour) in the form of either a gift card or cash.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please contact Catherine (cf422 @cornell.edu ) to schedule a time if you are interested in</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">participating, and/or have questions about the user studies. You will be asked a few screening</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">questions regarding your current use of mobile technologies to ensure that you are a good fit for</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our study.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best,</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Enhancing Ability Lab, Cornell Tech</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact Info:</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Catherine Feng</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Research Intern</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cornell Tech, NYC, NY 10011</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">email: cf422 @cornell.edu</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">phone: (206) 3887086</p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of the nature of Internet, a third party could read your emails sent to the research</p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">team. However, the researchers will not intentionally disclose any email contents to any third</p>
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